Appropriations bills break down in Senate over GOP poison pills

I warned you at the end of July that The budget deal does not avert a government shutdown this fall. Congress still has to pass the appropriations bills to fund the government by September 30. Already, “Senate appropriators had barely begun work on Tuesday before the process blew up, mired in disagreements over abortion-related “poison … Read more

Arizona Democratic Candidates offer their views on Republicans enabling Trump’s Defiance of the Emoluments Clause.

Vice President Pence wanted to see his long lost relatives in Doonbeg, Ireland and find his roots. However, the Vice President, being a considerate distant cousin did not want to inconvenience his distant family by asking them to put up his immediate relatives (who came with him) and the Secret Service Agents charged with protecting … Read more

A Twenty Something Shift Manager at a McDonalds or Dominos Pizza lasts longer than a National Security Advisor for Donald Trump.

First, there was General Michael Flynn but he committed criminal acts and he had to leave the National Security Advisor position less than a month after Individual One’s Administration started. General H.R. McMaster served the remainder of 2017 and into 2018, offering skilled service. He left in the winter of 2018 after reported policy differences … Read more

Judge restores nationwide injunction of Trump asylum ban (Updated)

Politico reports, Judge restores nationwide block of asylum ban: A San Francisco-based federal judge on Monday restored a nationwide injunction against President Donald Trump’s move to ban asylum seekers who pass through another country en route to the United States. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar issued the order after considering new evidence presented in an … Read more